Friday, April 19, 2024

Theater

Box Office: Upstart “A Quiet Place” Crosses $100 Mil Monday, But The Rock’s “Rampage” Takes Weekend Title

John Krasinski must be on the phone to Jordan Peele at all hours. He's joined Peele in the Horror 100 million club. Tomorrow night,...

Broadway: Amy Adams, Uma Thurman Hit Opening Night of Magnificent “Carousel” Revival With Joshua Henry Sealing the Deal on a Tony Award

Listen, this is how great the revival of "Carousel" is at the Imperial Theater: Amy Adams and her husband Darren LeGallo flew in from...

Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Seeking Tonys, Marias, Anitas at Open Casting Calls Around U.S.

I didn't realize back on January 25th that I scooped the New York Times: Steven Spielberg's having open casting calls for his version of...

Joshua Jackson, Dawson Creek’s “Pacey” to You, Makes A Brilliant Broadway Debut in “Children of a Lesser God”

It's hard to believe but Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God" is 36 years old. When the late Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein...

Famed Motown Songwriter Valerie Simpson Starring in “Chicago” on Broadway Because of Maya Angelou and Clive Davis

Valerie Simpson is best known to everyone as one half of Ashford and Simpson, the songwriting duo of Motown fame who composed songs like...

Broadway Booms But Jimmy Buffett’s “Escape to Margaritaville” Won’t Make it to Last Call

Broadway was booming this week, up $20 million since mid February when things looked bleak. Most every show is doing well, or well enough....

Broadway: Captain America, aka Chris Evans, Hasn’t Helped “Lobby Hero” Ticket Sales Even with a Solid Production

Kenneth Lonergan's "Lobby Hero" opens tonight on Broadway with two movie stars in the lead roles: Michael Cera, known for comedies like "Superbad" and...

Broadway: “Angels in America” Revival is So Good Now You See That it Was Always a Masterpiece

You watch "Angels in America" at the Neil Simon Theater and think-- Pulitzer, Nobel, Tony Award who cares? You see now with this revival...